In Certain Circles is a concerto for two pianos and orchestra written in 2020 by the American composer Nico Muhly.
In the score program note, Muhly described the third movement "Details Emerge" thus, "'Disconnection' is the guiding musical principle here; the music shifts quickly from very dark to very bright, from jagged rhythms to simple ones, and from delicate to quite violent.
Oussama Zahr of The New York Times described it as "an exciting new piece—focused, phantomlike, unafraid of sentiment.
"[2] Jay Nordlinger of The New Criterion wrote, "If the concerto isn't French, it is Frenchish.
The piece is no doubt intelligent, and it would be interesting to look closely under the hood, understanding the composer's logic.